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As seas exchange heat, the Indian Ocean is becoming a marine hothouse
The Wire May 21, 2015 Since about 1998, the rate at which the Earth’s surface temperature has been becoming hotter due to anthropogenic global warming has slowed. It slipped from about 0.12 kelvin per decade since the late 1800s to … Continue reading
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Tagged Agulhas current, climate change, El Nino southern oscillation, global warming hiatus, Indian Ocean, Indonesian Throughflow
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The global warming hiatus could last another five years. Its aftermath is the real problem.
Whether you’ve been fending off climate-change skeptics on Twitter or have been looking for reasons to become a climate-change skeptic yourself, you must’ve heard about the hiatus. It’s the name given to a relatively drastic drop in the rate at which the … Continue reading
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Tagged accelerated warming, anthropogenic global warming, climate change, climate skepticism, COP 21, Coupled Carbon Cycle Climate Model Intercomparison Project, global warming hiatus, internal variability, Nature Climate Change
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Better to have been a mammal in India
The Copernican April 10, 2014 Studies of fossils and soil samples collected at a site in South India have revealed unique attributes of the ecosystem not found in many parts of the world. In particular, an international team of scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged Billasurgam cave complex, chronobiology, climate change, evolution, Indian subcontinent, mammalian taxa, mosaic habitat, urbanization, words: mammals
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All ice that falls is not an avalanche
Note: Updated with quotes from Patrick Wagnon, ICIMOD On April 18, an avalanche on Mount Everest killed 16 Nepalese guides. By the end of the month, 13 bodies had been recovered. The search for the remaining three was called off … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, glacier recession, glaciology, Himalayan cryosphere, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Mount Everest, Patrick Wagnon, Sherpas
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Ambivalent promises for S&T in the BJP manifesto
There is very little, if any, concrete stuff about promoting science in the country, and a lot of it seems poised to supplant the goals of other ministries. Continue reading
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Tagged Bharatiya Janata Party, climate change, Congress, Lok Sabha 2014 elections, manifesto, Nuclear power, private sector, scientific research
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Temper worsening? Could be the climate.
A study of studies by economists from Princeton and UCal, Berkeley, has found that as the climate worsens due to global warming, human violence is likely to get more frequent and intensified. The economists don’t know the precise terms of … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, human conflicts, neurophysiology
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